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Fragment of silk

18th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueHemp plain-weave ground embroidered with silk
DimensionsHeight x width: 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (8.9 x 8.9 cm)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number15.1336
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; Gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA, 1915
Canopy
late 19th century
third quarter of the 18th century
Embroidered cover
late 19th century or early 20th century
Textile fragment
8th century
Textile pictorial medallion
possibly 15th century
Fragment of cotton
19th century
Hemp Quilt
Tomie Nagano
2005